Stone for imitating embroidery.



No. 741,142. PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903. G. KELLER. STONE FOR IMITATING EMBROIDERY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 19034 N0 MODEL.

men Frames Patented October 13, 1903.

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STONE FOR IIVHTATING EMBROIDERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,142, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed May 20,1903. Serial No. 157,998. (No model.)

To a. whom/it may concern: f

Be it known that I, GEORG KELLER, a subject of the Prince of SchWarzburg-Rudolstadt, and a resident of Rudolstadt, in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stones for Imitating Embroidery, of which the following is an exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stones for imitating embroidery-that is to say, to stones one side of which is provided with plastical patterns representing embroidery-stitches or ground-webbing for embroidery-which stones can be set together at the hand of a drawing after the manner of the well-known games for children, thereby forming imitations of embroidery-patterns.

In order to make my invention more clear, I refer to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are plans of a stone showing the imitation of different embroiderystitches. Figs. 3 and 4. are side views of the stones shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a plan of a stone, showing the imitation of a ground-webbing for embroidery. Fig. 6 is a side view of the stone shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 shows several stones set together in a frame. Fig. 8 is a section on line so as of Fig. 7.

In thedrawings, 01. represents the stones, which have a prismatical shape. The stones may have a square, triangular, or the like cross-section. The upper side I) of the stones is provided with plastical imitations of em broidery-stitches, Figs. 1 to 4, or of a groundwebbing for embroidery, Figs. 5, 6. These stitches project over the ground-webbingthat is to say, the stones provided with imitations of the ground-webbing are somewhat shorter than the stones provided with imitations of the stitches'in order to effect that the stitches form a plastic pattern, as may be seen from Fig. 8. It will be understood that each stone may be provided with one or several stitches, in which latter case great patterns can be more quickly set together. Stones with triangular cross-section may be tom of a frame surrounding the whole pattern in case the stones are all set together.

The frame d d is advantageously constructed so that the length of the sides of the same can be fitted to the extension of the pattern to be set together. This can be attained by the arrangement of corner-pieces d, provided on one side with a slot and on the other side with a tongue fitting into the slot of the other corner-piece. Between these corner-pieces intermediate pieces d, provided with a slot and a tongue, can be inserted, which intermediate pieces may be of any convenient length, so that the length of the sides of the frame can be fitted to the pattern. The tongues can be fixed in the slots by means of pins g or the like.

. It will be understood that the frame need not be provided with a special bottom, but can be placed upon each table.

Having thus fully described the nature of this invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is'

1. Stones for imitating embroidery, consisting of prismatical stones, provided with plastic imitations of embroidery ground-webbing and embroidery-stitches, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. In means for imitating embroidery, the combination of stones provided with plastic imitations of embroidery ground webbing and embroidery-stitches, with a frame the length of the sides of which can be diminished or enlarged, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORG KELLER.

Witnesses:

RICHARD MENGEL, FRANZ MULLER. 

